FTU
The main purpose of FTU tokamak is to study and optimize techniques of reduction of the impurities in plasma using different elements, i.e., liquid metal first wall materials .
Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
- Operator
- ENEA
- Type
- Fusion device
- Approach
- Tokamak
- Country
- IT
- Status
- Operating
- Built
- 1990
- Ownership
- public
Measurements
0.935 m Major radius claimed
0.3 m Minor radius claimed
0.04 MA Plasma current claimed
8 T On-axis magnetic field claimed
1.5 s Plasma duration claimed
nominal